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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Is it possible to write

a new method is presented to better understand the effect of a strucure on the others and itself
  

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Hi, a new method is presented to better understand the effect of a struc t ure on the others and itself This seems extremely vague to me, although perhaps it is OK in context.. Can you perhaps be more direct? The underlined part is not grammatical.

  • Hi, a new method is presented to better understand the effect of a struc t ure on the others and itself This seems extremely vague to me, although perhaps it is OK in context..
  • Can you perhaps be more direct?
  • The underlined part is not grammatical.
  • Do you mean 'on other structures and on itself'?
  • Does it really make sense to speak about 'the effect of a structure on itself'?
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Hi,

a new method is presented to better understand the effect of a structure on the others and itself

This seems extremely vague to me, although perhaps it is OK in context.. Can you perhaps be more direct?

The underlined part is not grammatical. Do you mean 'on other structures and on itself'?

Does it really make sense to

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